PUSH the Talking Trashcan's last day?

[The Magical Genie 123]

I remember my first trip to WDW, and I remember seeing a trash can moving, with a crowd gathered around it. I'm thinking, "why is a crowd gathered around a trash can?" So, I take my family over there, and see that it's a trash can that moves and talks. I still remember seeing PUSH for the first time to this day. That was my first best memory of Disney World. I would hate to see him leave. He is so fun, and loves interacting with guests.

 

[NowInc]

...this thread wouldnt exist if the whole thing wasn't fabricated in the first place. Anything after the fabrication is irrelevant as the basis of the entire topic isn't a real issue...and thus any "actions" taken afterwards (social media or otherwise) wouldn't be noticed at all.

 

[scout68]

Although I do like it, I say Pitch the Push People.

It can be a roll out for the new Wall-E in TL.

Imagine the old shells of Push being compacted on a daily basis by our little environmentally conscious buddy.
He could slowly build his own meet and greet, block by Crushed Push block.

It would be awesome and certainly erected faster than the SDMT.

 

[DisneyGentleman]

Although I do like it, I say Pitch the Push People.

It's not as if PUSH requires some huge technological breakthrough or amazingly developed talent.

It's a trashcan on an RC base with a microphone and speaker. Some of the "talent" needs to get over themselves.

If I were a bird in the Tiki Room, I'd be pretty mad right now. They at least can sing.

 

[TubaGeek]

It's not as if PUSH requires some huge technological breakthrough or amazingly developed talent.

It's a trashcan on an RC base with a microphone and speaker. Some of the "talent" needs to get over themselves.

If I were a bird in the Tiki Room, I'd be pretty mad right now. They at least can sing.

That's unfair for you to say. You have no idea how much the talent makes or their working conditions.

 

[DisneyGentleman]

That's unfair for you to say. You have no idea how much the talent makes or their working conditions.

I'm sure they are very nice people who work hard for little pay.

However, as a contractor Disney will pay them what they are worth to Disney. A "talking trashcan act" is more at the commodity level than say Mo'rockin.

My point is that they their skill required for the job makes them highly replaceable, independent of pay or working conditions.

That is the price of being an independent contractor with a mega-corp. I feel their pain.

 

[Michael Hall]

We have seen him twice. It was hilarious for our family.

 

[ford91exploder]

What's lost in the subtext here is that Imagineering could not even come up with this simple concept on their own, Which speaks to the creative bankruptcy of TWDC.

I'm speechless that this is a contractor operated entertainment, RC systems are not rocket science they were commoditized in the mid 1970's!!!

But we went after it like a marlin after a squid because as a group we are TIRED of TDO cutting entertainment and replacing it with price increases!

 

[PhotoDave219]

My point is that PUSH wasnt going anywhere before all this social media stuff. Its just self-congratulating crap

 

[DisneyGentleman]

What's lost in the subtext here is that Imagineering could not even come up with this simple concept on their own, Which speaks to the creative bankruptcy of TWDC.

Having worked for a number of large organizations, let me try to give some insight into how these companies work today.

The first that it is usually less expensive to buy something if it is available outside. Think, for example, of Garner Holt Productions. If you have in-house production capacity for animatronics, it is hard to ramp up or ramp down. With an outside vendor you can buy as much as you need, when you need it. The same thing is happening with entertainment, and I believe that is a good thing.

Unfortunately, an old company like Disney ends up with layer upon layer of expensive management, and that is a bad thing. Think of all the pictures you see of 20 Disney managers standing around watching something, when in reality you need only 1 or 2. So the next step in the process is to lean-out the management chain. Not sure if this is happening yet, but eventually it will. Costs will drive it that way (managers are expensive).

The third is to extract as much money from the buyer as you can, and you all know about MM+.

 

[ford91exploder]

Having worked for a number of large organizations, let me try to give some insight into how these companies work today.

The first that it is usually less expensive to buy something if it is available outside. Think, for example, of Garner Holt Productions. If you have in-house production capacity for animatronics, it is hard to ramp up or ramp down. With an outside vendor you can buy as much as you need, when you need it. The same thing is happening with entertainment, and I believe that is a good thing.

Unfortunately, an old company like Disney ends up with layer upon layer of expensive management, and that is a bad thing. Think of all the pictures you see of 20 Disney managers standing around watching something, when in reality you need only 1 or 2. So the next step in the process is to lean-out the management chain. Not sure if this is happening yet, but eventually it will. Costs will drive it that way (managers are expensive).

The third is to extract as much money from the buyer as you can, and you all know about MM+.

Oh, I've worked for big companies I know how they work, Disney is supposedly a creative company when they outsource their core function 'creative products' there is something seriously wrong.

 

[jlsHouston]

OMG this made me cry!!!

 

[DisneyGentleman]

Oh, I've worked for big companies I know how they work, Disney is supposedly a creative company when they outsource their core function 'creative products' there is something seriously wrong.

Great point. When it becomes a hollow management organization, it's the beginning of the end.

 

[mikedvcmember]

So I heard a Rumor from another website that PUSH's dressing room is empty. Really seriously sigh

 

[Matt_Black]

So I heard a Rumor from another website that PUSH's dressing room is empty. Really seriously sigh

Well, he's a trash can. How many clothes can he possibly wear?

 

[GrumpyFan]

My point is that PUSH wasnt going anywhere before all this social media stuff. Its just self-congratulating crap

Exactly! This was all just a bunch of over-hyped mis-information. Anybody whose been around these parts for at least a year, knows that these kind of contract renewals/re-workings happen all the time.

 

[TubaGeek]

Is there no one at MK today that can put this subject to rest 100%?

 

[asianway]

Is there no one at MK today that can put this subject to rest 100%?

Intercot saying he's gone

 

[Lucky]

Does he ever appear in the morning?

 

[DisneyGentleman]

Intercot saying he's gone

This is serious - it may lead to a walkout by all the trashcans.